Lisa Lynn Masters (March 20, 1964 â November 15, 2016) was an American actress, writer and model.
Masters was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. She graduated from Appalachian State University in broadcasting with a minor in modern dance. She later attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
After college, Masters worked as a model and news reporter and landed an uncredited role as a news reporter in the feature film The Siege. She appeared in TV commercials and, later, the feature films The Stepford Wives and It's Complicated.
Masters continued modeling and acted in several television series, including an episode each in ' and ', Ugly Betty, Iron Fist, Gossip Girl, Nashville and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She died at age 52 while on a modeling assignment in Peru. Her death was ruled a suicide.